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which acid is stronger ortho methyl benzoic acid or benzoic acid? i got benzoic acid but ans is ortho methyl benzoic acid what i thought is methyl group will show +I effect making it conjugate base unstable .. please please help

which acid is stronger ortho methyl benzoic acid or benzoic acid?


i got benzoic acid but ans is ortho methyl benzoic acid


what i thought is methyl group will show +I effect making it conjugate base unstable ..


please please help

Grade:12th Pass

2 Answers

Aman Bansal
592 Points
12 years ago

Dear Suchita,

Ortho methyl benzoic acid is the correcct answer and your reason is absolutely correct

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vikas pandey
29 Points
12 years ago
yo

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